Some of the most successful relationships are based on lies and deceit. Since that's where they usually end up anyway, it's a logical place to start.
You know who's going to inherit the Earth? Arms dealers. Because everyone else is too busy killing each other.
They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names - Liberation this, Patriotic that, Democratic Republic of something-or-other... I guess they can't own up to what they usually are: the Federation of Worse Oppressors Than the Last Bunch of Oppressors. Often, the most barbaric atrocities occur when both combatants proclaim themselves Freedom Fighters.
After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists.
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